Chapter 87 Successfully Brewed Rice Wine
Ji Xuan took advantage of his lunch break to visit the Cultivation Alliance.
After noticing the faint green light around him in the morning, he seemed to sense something else subtly flowing in the air, and he also felt a slight heat in his lower abdomen.
Although he had no prior experience, Ji Xuan guessed that he had probably awakened his spiritual root.
After arriving at the Cultivation Alliance branch and undergoing the test, just as he had expected, he awakened the three spiritual roots of wood, water, and earth.
"Your wood elemental root is quite active, so you can focus your future cultivation on it. However, if you can also keep up with your water elemental root cultivation, since water nourishes wood, your strength will reach a higher level. Earth controls water, so you don't need to cultivate your earth elemental root," said the staff member in charge of testing your elemental roots.
She glanced at Ji Xuan and, following the procedure, continued, "Do you want to join a sect or enter a cultivation academy? If you want to join a sect, the alliance's information contains details about each sect for your reference. If you want to enter a cultivation academy, we currently offer mid-course programs that won't interfere with your regular work or life."
"Mid-term?" Ji Xuan repeated.
"Recently, many people in Xia Kingdom have awakened their spiritual roots after the age of six. As a result, the Alliance has established a mid-course program, and independent cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage are assigned to various places to teach them."
When there isn't enough manpower, sometimes we have to borrow cultivators from other sects to teach.
"Are there many people like me who have awakened their spiritual roots even after reaching a certain age?" Ji Xuan asked again.
The staff member replied, "Yes, Xingjun has analyzed it and it's related to the spiritual-grade crops from the Immortal Mountain Farm."
Ji Xuan suddenly realized.
Two years ago, when the Lingmi rice had just hit the market and was expensive, and everyone was still hesitant, he managed to snag 200 jin (100 kg) of it. He ate it for over a year, and during that time he also bought many other vegetables from the Xianshan Farm.
I drank three cups of spiritual tea last night, no wonder I awakened my spiritual root.
"Okay, I understand, thank you. I'll just go to the cultivation academy to cultivate."
"Okay." The staff member registered the information on the computer and said, "Currently, you are the only student in the mid-term program in Ling'an City. The time is from 7 pm to 9 pm every night. You can ask for leave if there are any special circumstances. Is that alright with you?"
“Okay.” Ji Xuan nodded.
After getting his cultivator certificate here, Ji Xuan walked out of the Alliance branch and stared at the street in a daze.
It's unbelievable that he actually awakened his spiritual root.
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There are many people who are just as unimaginable as Ji Xuan.
Yesterday, while I was teaching, I took a sip of tea brewed from spirit tea leaves in my thermos, and suddenly my spiritual root awakened. It was one of the three spiritual roots: fire, earth, and water. The fire spiritual root was the most active, and flames appeared right next to me, scaring the students in the class half to death.
[I've also awakened my spiritual root. The alliance staff said it might be related to the spiritual vegetables I usually eat and the spiritual tea I drank yesterday.]
Although I didn't manage to buy any spirit tea leaves, I did consume quite a few spirit vegetables from the Immortal Mountain Farm, and yesterday, after eating spirit rice, I awakened my spiritual root.
Suddenly, many people came out online to give feedback, saying when they awakened their spiritual roots.
Before this, everyone believed that it was impossible to awaken one's spiritual root after the age of six. But unexpectedly, thanks to the vegetables from the Immortal Mountain Farm, one was able to awaken their spiritual root one day after the age of six.
They were basically people who were lucky enough to snag some vegetables every time Li Chang'an sold them, and after eating them for almost two years, they awakened their spiritual roots.
Yuheng is currently in the Xuanling Immortal Mountain.
The fact that spiritual crops can awaken one's spiritual roots has sparked widespread discussion online, and he came to chat with Li Chang'an and Tianxuan about it.
While Yuheng was speaking, Li Chang'an was splitting bamboo strips and weaving bamboo cages.
With more and more chickens and ducks, he estimates that by the end of the year, he will have more than 20,000 to sell. He usually weaves these bamboo cages in his spare time, which he can use to hold the chickens and ducks when he sells them.
Upon hearing this, he said, "Entering a sect to cultivate means being bound by sect rules, so many people probably choose to be independent cultivators, right?"
Yuheng said, "More or less. Only a small number of people choose to join a sect. But most people choose to enter a cultivation academy and become independent cultivators."
Those people already have their own rhythm of life, and there are people and things they can't let go of.
Li Chang'an nodded.
Putting myself in his shoes, if he hadn't inherited the Xuanling Immortal Mountain and had awakened his spiritual root someday, he wouldn't have chosen to join a sect to cultivate.
"Furthermore," Yuheng paused, "there's been too much discussion about spiritual crops awakening spiritual roots and aiding cultivation, which might attract those with ulterior motives..."
Li Chang'an didn't even look up, and smiled, saying, "Star Lord, don't worry, none of them can beat me. As for those ordinary people who want to awaken their spiritual roots, they can't enter Xuanling Immortal Mountain either."
Yuheng chuckled.
That's the truth; he's worrying unnecessarily.
After getting two meals at Li Chang'an's place, Yuheng left Xuanling Immortal Mountain before sunset.
Li Chang'an initially didn't take the online discussions about spiritual crops seriously.
It wasn't until he was scrolling through videos before bed that night, and just as he opened the Music app, that he saw a lot of private messages in his inbox.
[Mr. Li Chang'an, I've heard that your vegetables and spirit tea have excellent effects, capable of awakening spiritual roots. I'd like to ask you to sell me some; price is not an issue.]
Mr. Li Chang'an, I am the secretary to the chairman of XX Company...
The private messages are full of people who want to buy spirit rice, spirit vegetables, or spirit tea.
Awakening one's spiritual root and becoming a cultivator will result in better physical condition than ordinary people. Even if one cannot break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, one can still live to be over a hundred years old, which is longer than most people.
That's sure to tempt those with some money and power.
Li Chang'an pretended not to see any of it.
By noon the next day, his phone was ringing off the hook. The first few calls he answered all started with, "Mr. Li Chang'an, I'm so-and-so's secretary..."
Li Chang'an: ...
Where did these people get his phone number?
He politely persuaded the people in front of him to leave, and then stopped answering calls from strangers.
After finishing his farm work and having dinner in the afternoon, Li Chang'an sat in the yard and did a live broadcast.
Wow! It's been a long time since we've had a live stream of the night view.
Is this your yard? You can see the terraced fields; the scenery is beautiful.
“This is my family’s yard,” Li Chang’an replied to the comments. “I’m free tonight, so I’ll chat with you all.”
The comments section was flooded with messages, and the number of viewers in the upper right corner was constantly increasing.
Li Chang'an answered the questions in the live chat. After a while, he saw someone say that they had awakened their spiritual roots after eating spiritual vegetables. They asked him to grow more spiritual vegetables so that their family members could also awaken their spiritual roots.
Li Chang'an smiled and said, "Spiritual crops cannot awaken spiritual roots in everyone."
Tianxuan chimed in from the side, "Whether one can awaken their spiritual root depends on whether they are destined for the path of cultivation and whether they have the talent."
[That seems to be true. Those of us who didn't awaken our spiritual roots by age six, after eating these spiritual vegetables, the best we've achieved are three spiritual roots. I don't think I've heard of anyone with a single or double spiritual root.]
Those with dual spiritual roots are geniuses, one in a million; those with single spiritual roots are geniuses among geniuses. These highly talented individuals awaken their abilities at the age of six.
Although I only have three spiritual roots, I'm already very satisfied. Cultivation makes my daily life much more convenient.
Li Changan quietly looked at the comments and then said, "So everyone should not place all their hopes for awakening spiritual roots and cultivating on spiritual crops. Spiritual crops are not a panacea."
His face darkened unusually, and he frowned as he said, "Don't even think about using connections to buy more spirit vegetables from me. Just honestly grab the vegetables on the app. Grab as many as you can. If you can't grab any, it means you're not destined for cultivation. Using connections won't help you then, understand?"
"Besides, I don't have that many high-quality vegetables to sell to you."
Those wealthy and powerful people sent private messages that very night after receiving feedback from netizens, clearly showing that they were also paying attention to him and Xianshan Farm.
Those people will definitely know what he said in the live stream, no matter where they came from.
This is the first time I've seen you with a sour face. Did someone bother you?
[The streamer never got angry even when targeted by smear campaigns or people trying to take unflattering photos of her from a bad angle. It seems the other party was really going too far.]
Li Chang'an's face darkened for only a few seconds before his brows relaxed, and he said, "It's alright, as long as they know."
Seeing his expression improve, the audience burst into laughter again in the live chat.
The day after the live stream, the number of people harassing Li Chang'an did indeed decrease.
A few days later, the private messages in the background stopped being from people trying to get in through connections. Apart from the praise from fans, there were also some companies wanting to sign him as a streamer.
Li Chang'an's life returned to normal once again.
With all the five grains of the Celestial grade in hand, Li Chang'an has been focusing on cultivating Celestial grade glutinous rice ever since.
With the experience gained from cultivating grains, the cultivation of this premium glutinous rice progressed quickly, and it was produced in less than five cycles.
After Li Chang'an finished collecting the celestial glutinous rice, he soaked it in boiled and cooled Ningjing River water for several hours, steamed it until it was half-cooled, then added a small flower of fine wine and drew a heat-preserving talisman on it.
He brewed a small amount of rice wine this time, using only a medium-sized basin, but if it's successful, the wine will fill several jugs.
This time, Li Chang'an simply placed the rice wine in his room, and when he meditated and cultivated at night, he would use a sliver of his divine sense to keep an eye on the state of the rice wine.
Two days later, Li Chang'an cautiously opened his eyes and did not smell the sour stench.
He raised an eyebrow and lifted the cloth covering the basin, releasing a sweet aroma of wine.
The glutinous rice in the basin is crystal clear, and the wine is jade white, indicating that this rice wine brewing was a great success.
Li Chang'an couldn't help but laugh and covered the sealed rice wine with the cloth again.
After a busy day of farm work, he went to Ling'an City in the afternoon and bought two beautiful wine jugs. After dinner, he filled the two jugs with wine and, along with the remaining rice wine and other members of the Immortal Mountain, went to the North Floating Island. He set up a table and a few bamboo stools, intending to sit there and enjoy the night view while sipping his wine.
He also started a live stream so viewers could look at the stars.
This time, the rice wine was made with the best ingredients. The fungus spirits, tea spirits, and mandrills also like to drink it, but not in large quantities; each spirit can only drink a little bit.
The mushroom spirits can share a pot of tea, the tea spirit and the mandrill can each share a bowl, and Li Chang'an, the sword spirit, and Tianxuan can each share a bowl.
The fermented glutinous rice has a pleasant aroma of alcohol, and when chewed, it also has the fragrance of grain. The alcohol is kept refrigerated under the heat preservation talisman, so it tastes icy cold and refreshing. The alcohol is sweet but not cloying, with only a slight alcohol taste lingering on the tip of the tongue at the end, leaving a pleasant buzz.
Li Chang'an put down the bowl with satisfaction and said, "I didn't brew much this time. I'll brew more tomorrow so I can make some sweet rice wine dumplings or brown sugar rice wine with eggs."
Tea Essence was still savoring the taste, holding the bowl and reminiscing. Then, slightly more sober, she asked, "I see you've brewed this kind of wine before. Were those all failures?"
Speaking of those failed rice wines, Li Chang'an smiled somewhat helplessly: "Yes, the mountain god of Jiarong Mountain was not satisfied with those grades of wine. Actually, the steps were not changed. The reason why this brewing was successful was because the ingredients were the best, which satisfied the mountain god."
Tianxuan asked curiously, "Is this wine used to worship the mountain god?"
“Yes.” Li Chang’an stretched his shoulders and neck and said excitedly, “Now three of the conditions for the sacrifice have been met, and only the last one is left.”
After he finished speaking, he stroked his chin and pondered, "The last requirement is a Nascent Soul stage demon core, but where in the Cangxuan Realm are there any Nascent Soul stage demons left?"
Currently, among the demons in the Cangxuan Realm, the highest cultivation level is only at the Golden Core stage.
Tianxuan paused in his drinking.
He slowly put down the bowl and looked at Li Chang'an.
Unlike when they first met, Li Chang'an now possesses the cultivation level of the late Nascent Soul stage, with a calm and gentle demeanor, and he seems capable of shouldering great responsibilities.
Tianxuan pursed her lips and said, "There is actually one Nascent Soul stage demon in the Cangxuan Realm."
"Hmm?" Li Chang'an looked over in confusion.
Tianxuan looked into his eyes: "Eight years ago, the spider demon that attacked your village was at the Nascent Soul stage."
Li Chang'an was stunned.
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